Cast & creator
Nina Simone
Best known for The Merv Griffin Show, Sacrée soirée, Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
Also known as: Eunice Waymon, Eunice Kathleen Waymon
37
film credits
8
television credits
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1962–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self (archive footage)
1975
Le monde est à vous
Self
1987
Numéro un
Self
1975
HARDtalk
1997
Cruella
Songs
2021
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
2022
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
2023Bei Bio
Self
1983
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
2021
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Self (archive footage)
2025
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
2024
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Herself
2015They All Came Out to Montreux
Self (archive footage)
2023
LBJ
Music
1968
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Self (archive footage)
2016
Black Woodstock
Self
1969
I Dreamed of Seeing Myself
Herself
2024
Nina Simone, la rebelle
self
2024Piano Greats at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2022
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
2021
Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes
Music
2024
Nina Simone: The Legend
Herself
1992
The Pan-African Festival in Algiers
Self
1969
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2013
Happy in the Gap
Self (archive footage)
2020
Four Women
Music
1975
Why Is We Americans?
Self
2022
Nina Simone Resonances at the Paris Pantheon
2024
The Amazing Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
2015
Nina Simone - Live in Pompeii
Self
1983
Nina: A Historical Perspective
1970
Nina Simone - Live at Ronnie Scott's
Herself
1985
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
Nina Simone: Live in Antibes - July 24th, 1965
Herself
1965
Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976
Herself
1976Nina Simone Black Journal Segment
Self
1969
Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy (Live 1961-62)
2010
The Giverny Document (Single Channel)
(archival footage)
2019Nina Simone & Band: 14. Jazzfestival Hamburg
Herself (vocals & piano)
1989
Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68
2008
História do Amor
Songs
2024
Nina Simone: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1987
Self
1987